PoliticsThe IndependentRepublican lawmaker calls for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is on trial for murder, to be elected to Congress
A Republican lawmaker in Florida has been condemned after calling for Kyle Rittenhouse, a teenager charged with murder, to be elected to Congress. Anthony Sabatini, who sits in the state's House of Representatives, on Saturday tweeted, “KYLE RITTENHOUSE FOR CONGRESS”. It came a day after Rittenhouse, 17, was granted bail after being charged with allegedly shooting dead two people and leaving a third paralysed in August during protests against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
PoliticsThe WeekThere's a very simple, extremely plausible reason Trump won't admit Biden won
President Trump lost his bid for re-election by 6 million votes and counting, and 74 electoral votes, and his legal team is consistently losing its court battles to disqualify President-elect Joe Biden's voters. "Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt about the election results in order to get back at Democrats for questioning the legitimacy of his own election in 2016, especially with the Russia investigation," CNN reports, citing a source familiar with Trump's thinking. Pointing to "those who he claims undercut his election by pointing to Russian interference efforts," Trump "has suggested it is fair game to not recognize Joe Biden as the president-elect."
HealthThe ConversationChina beat the coronavirus with science and strong public health measures, not just with authoritarianism
In January 2020, the Chinese government decided to lock down this city of 11 million people. All transportation to and from the city was stopped. Officials further locked down several other cities in Hubei Province, eventually quarantining over 50 million people.
U.S.USA TODAYWisconsin police arrest 15-year-old boy for Mayfair Mall shooting, say 'bullets started flying' during altercation
A 15-year-old Milwaukee boy who allegedly opened fire at a suburban Wisconsin shopping mall on Friday, sending eight people to the hospital, has been arrested, police said Sunday. Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber said the suspect was arrested Saturday night, adding that the shooting was the result of an altercation between two groups of people at Mayfair Mall. "We do know there was some sort of altercation, and that's when the bullets started flying," Weber said during a Sunday press conference.
PoliticsAssociated PressTrump campaign legal team distances itself from Powell
Perhaps Sidney Powell has gone too far for even Rudy Giuliani this time. The Trump campaign's legal team moved to distance itself Sunday from the firebrand conservative attorney after a tumultuous several days in which Powell made multiple incorrect statements about the voting process, unspooled unsupported and complex conspiracy theories and vowed to “blow up” Georgia with a “biblical” court filing. Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own.
PoliticsThe WeekGOP Sen. Pat Toomey: Trump trying to pressure state legislatures to overturn election is 'inconsistent' with democracy
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is speaking out against President Trump's attempt to get state legislatures to "dismiss the will" of voters, calling this idea "inconsistent" with a democratic society. The Pennsylvania Republican senator on Monday reiterated his belief that Trump should "accept the outcome" of the 2020 election that he lost to President-elect Joe Biden after exhausting all of his legal options in the key battleground state. Toomey also slammed the president for calling on state legislatures to overturn the results of the election due to baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud.
U.S.The IndependentIowa congressman notorious for racist remarks asks Kamala Harris if she was descended from slave owners
An Iowa congressman known for making racist comments has asked Kamala Harris if she was descended from slave owners. Republican Steve King, who has a long history of making offensive remarks about immigrants, questioned the vice-president-elect's background on Twitter. I'm reading that @KamalaHarris made history as first woman, first black woman, first Asian woman, etc = a boatload of intersectionality points.
U.S.USA TODAYNebraska man arrested for allegedly shooting 4 people, killing 2, at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant, police say
A man was arrested for allegedly shooting four people, killing two, late Saturday night at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant in Nebraska, authorities said Sunday. The Bellevue Police Department in a news release said Silva was booked into Sarpy County jail. Police identified those killed as Nathan Pastrana, 22, and Ryan Helbert, 28, both employees of the restaurant, were killed in the shooting, police said Sunday night.
PoliticsPoliticoRepublicans dash to defend perilous 2022 Senate map
Sen. Kelly Loeffler also will have to run again next cycle if she wins the current Georgia Senate runoff on Jan. 5. Meanwhile, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo. said he's doing all the things necessary to run for re-election even though he's made no announcement.
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Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield discusses the vote certification process on 'Fox & Friends.
HealthUSA TODAY OpinionI took the COVID vaccine to show anti-vaxxers that science works
It was June, and I'd just signed up for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine trial. After the second dose, I was tested for COVID-19 antibodies — the sign of successful vaccination — but never told the result. This is all good news, because it means we may finally turn a corner in controlling the virus, and because it will show, once again, the critical importance of science and vaccines.
LifestyleUSA TODAYAs the pandemic rages, more are flying despite CDC pleas not to travel for Thanksgiving
Americans are flocking to airports for travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, even as the COVID-19 pandemic rages across the country and after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pleaded with Americans not to travel. More than 1 million air travelers passed through security checkpoints at U.S. airports Friday and Sunday for only the second and third time since the pandemic began, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The flock of weekend travelers came a day after the CDC issued its warning against holiday traveling.
PoliticsThe WeekGeorgia taxpayers will fund another full recount at Trump's request
President Trump is entitled under Georgia law to request a third recount of votes from the Nov. 3 election because, according to the initial machine count and a painstaking hand recount ordered by the state, he is within half a percentage point of President-elect Joe Biden. But because the ballots have been already been counted twice and Biden leads by more than 12,000 votes, the results are all but certain to stay the same. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) and Gov. Brian Kemp (R) certified Biden's victory on Friday.
BusinessAssociated PressStocks edge higher on Wall Street on latest vaccine hopes
U.S. stocks edged higher in morning trading Monday after investors received several pieces of encouraging news on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, tempering concerns over rising virus cases and business restrictions. The benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.1%, led by banks, industrial companies and other businesses that have been beaten down by the virus. Technology stocks, which hold an outsized weight on index, fell and diminished earlier gains.
LifestyleUSA TODAYBeating the odds: The world's most premature twins to celebrate 2nd birthday
TTTS) is also very rare,” Dr. Jonathan Klein, a neonatologist and medical director of the NICU at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, told The Associated Press in January 2019, about two months after the Ewoldt twins were born. A lot of patients pass away before they are even born. At 17 weeks, Ewoldt underwent surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital to seal and disconnect the twins' aberrant vessels.
PoliticsNational ReviewHere Comes the Biden Blame Game
During the eight years that President Obama and his team managed the economy, Americans were regularly assured that the president's Keynesian policies would deliver striking growth in the years ahead. The growth repeatedly failed to materialize, and what followed was a master class in blamesmanship. No matter how far into the Obama term we were, the disappointing growth was a “new normal”– not the result of President Obama's high tax and heavy regulatory policies.
U.S.Business InsiderTrump supporter charged with assault after breathing forcefully on protesters at the Virginia golf course where Trump was playing
A man who deliberately breathed on two women outside President Donald Trump's Virginia golf course has been charged with assault, the sheriff's office said. Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said that Raymond Deskins, 61, was "charged with simple assault" over the Saturday incident. It said video footage of the incident "did not capture the entire interaction."
PoliticsThe IndependentLindsey Graham continues to weigh in on Georgia election after being accused of interference
Senator Lindsey Graham, whose constituency is in North Carolina, is once again weighing in on the state of Georgia's elections process. On Saturday, Mr Graham echoed Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's desire for the state to conduct an audit of mail-in ballot signatures. His intervention comes a day after Mr Kemp accepted the results of the state's recount after Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified that Joe Biden had won the election.
PoliticsThe WeekMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan is 'embarrassed' his GOP is helping Trump make the U.S. look like 'a banana republic'
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is no longer sure Trump will "do the right thing" and acknowledge his loss to President-elect Joe Biden, but he's certain Biden will be sworn in Jan. 20, 2021, he told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday's State of the Union. Hogan, who has been critical of Trump, said he voted for the late President Ronald Reagan this year. Pressuring state legislators in Michigan and other states to "somehow change the outcome with electors was completely outrageous," Hogan said.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump plans to hold indoor holiday parties at the White House, report says, despite the CDC warning against such gatherings
The Trump White House plans to hold indoor Christmas and Hanukkah parties despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warnings against large gatherings, Axios reported. An invitation for one of President Donald Trump's holiday parties seen by the outlet makes no mention of masks or any other precaution, even as the White House is dogged by continued cases of COVID-19. A White House official, who was not named, told the outlet that the events would be held indoors.
BusinessMiami HeraldThis Miami supplier is manufacturing millions of masks. Why won’t anyone buy them?
As the COVID-19 pandemic roared to life this spring, the U.S. found itself faced with an acute shortage of masks and other personal protective equipment to support front-line workers. Today, America's PPE supply chain is lurching back to life. DemeTech, a Miami-area medical device manufacturer, has been trying to bridge the gap by hiring hundreds of new workers to make Food and Drug Administration-approved surgical masks — which only look like ones you'd buy at a corner store — and Centers for Disease Control-approved N95 respirators.
ScienceUSA TODAY350-pound loggerhead among more than 150 cold-stunned turtles rescued in Massachusetts
A large loggerhead turtle that washed ashore in Massachusetts Friday was among more than 150 cold-stunned sea turtles to strand on Cape Cod beaches in a three day span, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The loggerhead, an adult male that weighed 350 pounds, was moved from Massachusetts' Great Hollow Beach by Truro Department of Public Works staff and brought to the sanctuary in South Wellfleet. It was then transferred to a van and driven to New England Aquarium's Animal Care Center.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderBiden team is reportedly pushing congressional Democrats to strike an immediate stimulus deal with Republicans to stave off renewed recession
Biden's economic advisors fear another recession is looming, according to a report in The New York Times. The impasse over another stimulus package as well as the prospect of millions of people losing unemployment benefits is leading them to press congressional Democrats to pass another aid package very quickly. President-elect Joe Biden's economic advisors are pressing congressional Democrats to quickly strike a stimulus deal with Republicans, fearing the US is on course for a renewed recession as virus cases surge and the lack of a new aid package to soften the blow to the economy.
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Houston man charged in million dollar global cyber scam
The 36-year-old is accused of stealing money related to a million dollar airplane purchase and transferring the funds to a Houston bank.
PoliticsThe IndependentTrump campaign mocked for disowning Sidney Powell after president called her part of the team
Donald Trump's campaign has issued a statement clarifying that lawyer and conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell is not part of its official legal team – not long after the president himself listed her as exactly that. The statement was attributed to Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, who have taken the helm of the campaign's legal operation. “I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS!” he wrote.
“Donald Trump defeated Donald Trump.”
“The victory was a vindication of a style of American politics that many feared was gone forever.”
“Mr. Biden’s victory — and Mr. Trump’s defeat — is a testament to the resilience of American democracy.”
“Trump’s 2020 reelection bid was doomed by his boorish behavior. Time and again, he refused to act like a president.”
“Biden took the opportunity to unite the Democratic Party.”